Rare-earth-doped electrospun scheelite CaWO4 nanofibers with excitation-dependent photoluminescence and high-linearity cathodoluminescence for ratiometric UV wavelength and radiation sensors

George, Gibin; Shrivastava, Navadeep; Moore, Tamela L.; Edwards, Caressia S.; Lin, Yulin; Wen, Jianguo; Luo, Zhiping

doi:10.1016/j.optmat.2022.112130

Title: Rare-earth-doped electrospun scheelite CaWO₄ nanofibers with excitation-dependent photoluminescence and high-linearity cathodoluminescence for ratiometric UV wavelength and radiation sensors

Journal Article · 01 March 2022 · Optical Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2022.112130 · OSTI ID:1855230

George, Gibin ^[1];

^[2]; Moore, Tamela L. ^[2]; Edwards, Caressia S. ^[2]; Lin, Yulin ^[3]; Wen, Jianguo ^[3];

^[2]

Fayetteville State Univ., NC (United States); SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Kerala (India)
Fayetteville State Univ., NC (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)

Scheelite structured AWO₄ compounds (A = Ba, Ca, Pb and Sr) are efficient hosts for rare-earth dopants. In this work, high-aspect-ratio AWO₄ (A = Ba, Ca, Pb and Sr) nanofibers, doped with 5 mol.% Tb and 5 mol.% Eu on A site, were synthesized using a sol-gel electrospinning technique, and their performances as a ratiometric sensor for the detection of UV light wavelength were comparatively studied. High-resolution electron microscopy reveals the presence of nanosized grains composing the nanofibers. The AWO₄:5Tb-5Eu nanofibers exhibit strong characteristic photoluminescence (PL) and cathodoluminescence (CL) emission from both Tb³⁺ and Eu³⁺ ions. In the case of CaWO₄ lattice, the emission intensity ratio of Tb³⁺/Eu³⁺ is found to show a linear relationship with the excitation wavelength in the tested range of 240–330 nm, with efficient energy transfer from host lattice to rare-earth ions. However, a similar result is not observed in other scheelite structured BaWO₄, PbWO₄, and SrWO₄ nanofibers. Here, the unique PL emission characteristics of CaWO₄:5Tb-5Eu under different UV excitation wavelengths are due to its unique excitation band. This study reveals a potential new application of CaWO₄:5Tb-5Eu as a fluorescent probe for UV wavelength detection. Additionally, the CL intensities from CaWO₄:5Tb-5Eu nanofibers exhibit highly linear dependences on the applied voltage and current without saturation, which can be utilized for radiation detection.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: U.S. Army Research Office (ARO); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1855230

Journal Information:: Optical Materials, Journal Name: Optical Materials Vol. 126; ISSN 0925-3467

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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